Here’s a simple piece of code that performs PHP based email obfuscation to replace standard characters with an ASCII encoded alternative.
This technique, although simple, will block some of the less intelligent spiders/robots out there. There are many other techniques including using JavaScript to render email address or images or even reversing the email address through [...]

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I have been looking about at form generators recently and I think it’s fair to say pForm have created one of the best. The generator offers many options including; theme/colour scheme selection, the choice of a multitude of field elements (from a textbox to a file upload) to add to your form, editable form and [...]

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Well I’ll start off by saying I’m not dead.  I’m very much a live and kicking.  Sorry for the delay in posting, however, I have been working on a couple of big projects which I will post about here soon so check back to find out more.
Anyway back on topic I thought I would share [...]

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When developing a dynamic website it is essential that possible security issues or flaws are considered. To this end I decided it would be worth while producing a list of resources which I have used to help others understand best practice and potential techniques that are used to exploit bad coding standards.
General PHP Security [...]

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I recently carried out a great deal of research to obtain a simple but impressive site search application and decided to list the results as a nice articles for all you guys and girls out there.  This is very much from a PHP point of view, however, there are some search engines listed below that [...]

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